Over 170 mobile apps in the Android ecosystem have been identified as scam services designed to jump on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. Lookout researchers said this week that the apps, 25 of which were ...

Cryptocurrencies have been huge for years, but the digital assets have now well and truly gone mainstream. Even with Bitcoin having lost half of its value since its peak in April, it's still worth ...

Security firm Lookout found the apps, saying that they "advertise themselves as providing cloud cryptocurrency mining services for a fee". The team did a detailed analysis of the apps and found that ...

Security researchers over at Lookout Threat Lab have spotted 170 Android apps that have been involved in crypto mining scams. What’s interesting is that 26 of those apps were available on the Play ...

Dozens of Android Cryptocurrency Mining Apps Turn Out to Be Scams According to Lookout, 25 of the programs were available on the Google Play Store, ranging in price from $10.99 to $20.99. Google has ...

Android Monero-mining malware surfaced last week, pretending to be a legitimate Google Play update app, according to research from Trend Micro. But AndroidsOS_HiddenMiner isn't the only Monero-mining ...

Researchers with the Lookout Threat Lab have identified multiple Android applications that steal money from users looking to invest in cryptocurrencies. The team found more than 170 fraudulent Android ...